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Cautery consisting of wedge-shaped metal rod set into cylindrical wooden handle said to be for blistering the chest, from Ankole, Uganda, 1880-1920
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A652634
- Materials:
- wrought iron and wood (unidentified)
- Measurements:
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overall: 240 mm 15 mm,
- type:
- cautery
